CDs:
Ariel Pink – Early Live Recordings: Gorilla/Appleasians 2xCD (Human Ear Music)
A double-disc collection of early live recordings from late ’90s/early ’00s.
Auris & Gino – Rub CD (Public Eyesore)
Exploring electroacoustic sound as an organic art of time and space, Auris is a trio comprised of Christopher Preissing, Eric Leonardson and Julia A. Miller. On Rub they are paired with Gino Robair, who has created music for dance, theater, radio, television, silent film, and gamelan orchestra.
Banks – London CDEP (Harvest)
Four new tracks from the buzzy up and coming songstress, Banks. Videos in the works for two of the four tracks leading into her support tour this Fall for The Weeknd.
Blut Aus Nord – What Once Was – Liber Ill CD (Debemur Morti)
The time is nigh for Liber III, the third chapter in Blut Aus Nord’s open-ended, existential What Once Was… odyssey. Although clearly analogous to the band’s core body of work, this series of works subsists in a parallel plane, presenting the messenger in a more stripped-down and organic state, exposing an aspect of Blut Aus Nord that would otherwise have remained hidden from the world.
Cannabis Corpse/Ghoul – Splatterhash CD (Tankcrimes)
New split release from pot-obsessed death metallers Cannabis Corpse and hooded cannibalistic splatterthrashers Ghoul.
Peter Gabriel – And I’ll Scratch Yours CD (Real World)
Peter Gabriel – Scratch My Back And I’ll Scratch Yours 2xCD (Real World)
And I’ll Scratch Yours is the concluding part of a series of song exchanges in which Gabriel and other leading artists reinterpret each other’s songs. Features covers by David Byrne, Bon Iver, Regina Spektor, Stephin Merritt, Joseph Arthur, Randy Newman, Arcade Fire, Elbow, Brian Eno, Feist, Lou Reed, and Paul Simon. Vinyl version due February 25.